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1. The requesting authority may not use the information supplied for purposes other than those set out in its request.
2. The requested authority may refuse to supply the requested information or subsequently oppose its use for purposes set out in the request or fix certain conditions unless:
a. the facts are within the scope of Article 1 and
b. the purposes set out are in conformity with the aims defined in Article 2 and
c. the facts constitute in each State an irregularity as regards the rules of both States.
3. When the requesting authority wishes to use the information supplied for purposes other than those set out in the initial request it must inform in advance the requested authority who may refuse to consent to such use unless the conditions in paragraph 2 above are fulfilled.
4. The information supplied may be used before a criminal court only in cases where it could have been obtained by application of Chapter III.
5. No authority of the requesting Party may use or transmit this information for tax, customs or currency purposes unless otherwise provided in a declaration by the requested Party.